Yes, I was wondering how he was tuning with the amp on too... Of course we just need to sell him a KAT500! Keith WE6R
On 6/14/2012 11:10 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: > I think you're missing the point, Keith ... or maybe I am. If you tune > the KAT3 to match the amp, then it will not match the antenna when the > amp is out of line. Of course this somewhat begs the question; how is > the antenna being matched when the amp is active? Maybe it's close to > 2:1, which is still acceptable, but the original poster wants to use > the KAT3 to get a better match when operating barefoot... > > 73, > > ~iain / N6ML > > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Keith<[email protected]> wrote: >> If you have the optional Aux cable, set the K3 power set to "Per Band", >> then you can have different power levels depending on the OPerat or >> Stndby mode of the KPA500. You will just have to go thru once and set >> the levels to get 500 out (and whatever you want for Stndby). >> The KAT3 is never really bypassed, it is just put into default settings >> that are matched for a dummy load. >> I would tune the ATU into the amp and leave it on. >> Keith WE6R >> >> On 6/14/2012 10:00 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Don Putnick<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Just out of curiosity, any particular reason you want to bypass the K3 ATU? >>> Presumably because any stored match settings would be impertinent when >>> feeding the amp, vs. feeding the antenna(e) directly. >>> >>> The real question is; why would you ever want to operate without the >>> amp?? *grin* >>> >>> ~iain / N6ML >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
